Michael Leunig Quotes

In my adolescence, I think I felt very outcast; I felt lonely. I felt great loneliness, and sometimes I wouldn't partake in Christmas, and I would go off and wander in the streets of Melbourne.

Michael Leunig

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GreatLonelinessThinkLonelyWander

My father's an opera nut, and my stepmother used to work at the Metropolitan Opera, so I had a lot of opera immersion. I like the grandness and pretention of it.

Andrew Solomon

WorkFatherOperaUsedStepmother

I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston.

Andris Nelsons

LivePeopleSocietyThinkImportant

The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced.

Toshihiko Fukui

TodayAgingProblemCountryPlace

From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

Miguel de Cervantes

BrainReadingToo MuchLostSleeping

I saw James Ellsworth at an independent wrestling show where I was signing autographs, so I took a photo with him and put up a post on Facebook called 'The night I met James Ellsworth.' Just by nature of how popular that post was, how many comments there were and likes and shares, I was like, 'people love this kid.'

Mick Foley

NatureLovePeopleNightIndependent

I worked at a Sport Chek in Vancouver, only so I could get the discount off snowboard gear. But I hated the job so much, I quit before I got my discount.

Missy Peregrym

JobQuitGotGetVancouverOff

Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

Jose Manuel Barroso

GrowthDebtArtificialBased

It sounds ghoulish, but it would have been fascinating to be in Paris in 1789 and watch the revolution begin. I can't even imagine what the energy must have been like that year with all of that change crackling in the air.

Deanna Raybourn

ChangeEnergyRevolutionYearParis

I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me.

Cory Monteith

LiveChildrenMeImportantWantGet

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

Constantin Brancusi

SeeGoingOne ThingFarThing

Down with politics and the art of the possible; up with pronouncements and the allure of the prophetic: It's the way of demagogues everywhere.

Bret Stephens

ArtPoliticsDownWayPossibleUp

It's often taken for granted that the most dominant tech companies control the world's most important technology and communications platforms. Instead, the truth is that these giants run on top of the world's most important platform: the mobile communications networks.

Borje Ekholm

TechnologyTruthControlWorldRun

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